Music Technology students Zach Walker and James Cody were among several UAB Digital Media Fellows honored at Birmingham’s ADDY awards on Friday evening, February 26 at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook. The American Advertising Federation Birmingham Awards honor “Birmingham’s best creative work and the great minds changing the game.”

Zach, a senior, and James, a recent graduate who was a senior at the time of production, won a Silver Addy in the Sound Design category for their feature "Uncomfortable."  Zach won a Gold Addy in the Sound Design category for his project "Bad Medicine," which will now advance to regional competition.

The Department of Music at UAB offers undergraduate concentrations in applied music, music education, and music technology, as well as a graduate program in music education.

Students in the music technology program receive comprehensive training in recording engineering, computer-based music composition and multimedia production, and the UAB Department of Music is the only institution in the state of Alabama to offer professional certification in AVID Pro Tools. Students interested in the music technology program should contact Dr. Henry Panion at panion@uab.edu.